Culture
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Composer Jaroslav Uhlíř celebrates 75 birthday
Composer and pianist Jaroslav Uhlíř celebrated his seventy-fifth birthday this week. Uhlíř has created several songs that have engraved themselves into popular memory.
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Febiofest to premiere Karel Gott documentary, pay tribute to Jiří Menzel
This year's popular cinema showcase Febiofest features a sidebar dedicated to Jiří Menzel and a docu about Karel Gott, alongside exceptional films from other film fests.
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Ministers Petříček, Zaorálek team up to promote Czech culture abroad
Believing culture to be the Czech Republic’s first ambassador, the ministers of foreign affairs and culture are working together to develop a vibrant “cultural diplomacy”.
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Renowned violinist Daniel Hope to perform on Vltava in Prague
British violinist Daniel Hope is set to peform a concert on a floating stage on the Vltava River in Prague on Saturday, as part of the annual Strings of Autumn festival.
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Jaroslav Seifert: Nobel Prize laureate still loved across generations
Jaroslav Seifert was one of the greatest Czech poets of the 20th century and is the only Czech Nobel Prize winner for literature.
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“It’s an adventure”: Krištof Kintera on finding beauty in old electronics
Czech sculptor Krištof Kintera, known for thought-provoking, witty works that frequently have a kinetic energy, gets his biggest ever UK exhibition this week.
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Kapitán Demo: Larger than life rapper returns in “Bentley”
Jiří Burian enjoyed success as an indie musician. But he has found considerably more as Kapitán Demo, when he dons an inflatable suit to become a larger than life rapper.
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Poet Blatný honoured in UK: “One of the most improbable heroes has got his own street”
A street in the UK town of Ipswich has been officially named Ivan Blatný Close in honour of the great Czech poet, who spent many years in local mental institutions.
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New Czech film spotlights post-war massacre of Germans
Bohdan Sláma’s film Shadow Country opens a thorny subject in the country’s modern history – massacres of ethnic Germans at the end of WWII.
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Children’s theatre brings real-life stories to the stage
Prague-based Story Theatre has released a new CD called "Journeys" with songs from its original show, based on true family stories of the children from the theatre group.
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Prague’s top festivals join forces for major cultural event
Some of Prague’s top festivals have joined forces to organize a single, three-week event. The festival, called Praha Září, kicks off on Tuesday at Prague’s Výstaviště.
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“His work had a sincerity, a subtlety”: Great Czech director Jiří Menzel dies at 82
The great Czech director Jiří Menzel, known for the Oscar-winning Closely Observed Trains and other much loved titles, has died at the age of 82.
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